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Rapunzel

A pared back and twisted take on the traditional tale told ...

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Hortense and the Shadow

Hortense has an intense hatred for her shadow and the way in ...

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Little Whale

The story of a Grey Whale migrating with her calf through ...

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The Big Book of Bugs

This large beautiful book encourages children’s engagement ...

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Leaf

One day a large white creature floats to shore and tries to ...

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It Starts With a Seed

A rhyming text beautifully describes the growth and life of ...

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The Bee Who Spoke

Parisian Belle holidays with her family in the countryside ...

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Stone Age Bone Age! A Book about Prehistoric People

Readers are invited to envisage that they are part of a ...

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Professor Astro Cat's Solar System

Professor Astro Cat takes us on a tour of the solar system ...

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Rabbit & Bear: Rabbit's Bad Habits

Bear wakes up from her hibernation early to find snow on the ...

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Mrs Noah's Pockets

As the rain falls with increasing intensity and the water ...

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White Owl, Barn Owl

In this picture book in the Nature Storybooks series, a ...

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